Tag: Muharram

A new book ‘Blood of Husayn’ by eminent research scholar Dr Muhammad Raza Kazmi was launched at the DHA Central Library on Monday. Launched under...

Following the murder of two scouts at Numaish Chowrangi a day earlier, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan on Monday ordered a complete ban under...

The Muharram moon was sighted on Saturday and ‘Ashoora’ will be observed on December 6. The decision was announced by Pakistan Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee...

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed all its electronic media stakeholders to duly observe the sanctity of the holy month of...

Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmad Raza Tahir on Saturday directed the Lahore Police to keep special security arrangements for the Zakireen and Ulema...

Pakistan Rangers arrested over 80 suspects during raids in different areas of the city on Friday and recovered weapons from their possession. These areas included...

A militant belonging to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been arrested and weapons were recovered from his possession, police said on Tuesday. As per...

The capital police have reviewed security arrangements in the city for Muharram and the force has decided to arrange a foolproof security for the...

Over 7,000 security personnel will perform duties during Muharram-ul-Haram in the federal capital to ensure high vigilance and foolproof security. The Islamabad Capital Territory...

Koral police on Friday arrested 82 suspects, including Afghan nationals and those hailing from tribal areas, as they failed to produce any document for...

Lahore Police will remain on high alert during the Raiwind congregation and Muharram and foolproof security during the holy month would be ensured at...

The Saddar Division of police launched a massive search operation against suspicious elements in the wake of Moharram and Tablighi Ijtema on Sunday. The search...

LAHORE - The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema has appreciated the efforts of the Interior Ministry and Interior Minister Rehman Malik in ensuring foolproof security during Muharramul Haram.
A press statement said the special control room established by the interior minister in the National Crisis Management Cell, Ministry of Interior, and its sub-offices in Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar did a commendable job in maintaining law and order.
The statement said the MMU also

LAHORE: In defiance of fundamental rights and religious freedom enshrined in the constitution of Pakistan, the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has imposed a complete ban on the conduction of Muharram processions, barring people from even hold gatherings and meetings on religious, political and social basis in public.
As it was framed in DHA by-laws since its inception, there would be no Zuljinnah procession on the 10th Muharram in the upscale locality same like the past many

LAHORE: As security for Muharram processions and majalis increased and people thronged Shia majority neighbourhoods and imambargahs all over the city, main roads of Lahore and markets were stripped of any movement. While traffic jams block main arteries of the city on a daily basis and traffic police face dire circumstances in regulating traffic flow at signals, Lahore was completely empty on Thursday. But unlike past terrorist attacks that left a sense of misery, tension and fear on

LAHORE: Administration of government hospitals and the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) have braced themselves for any emergency situation during the 9th and 10th of Muharram, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Special steps have been taken to cope with any untoward incident during the two auspicious days of Muharram.
Medical superintendents of different public hospitals across the provincial metropolis have collected the duty roster and assigned special duties to the staff.

LAHORE: Ten-year-old Abid Ali is adamant about joining in with his elders in the yearly 'zanjeeri maatam' of ninth of Muharram. He says nothing that anyone says to him will deter him from doing it. "My elder brother does it, and I want to be a part of it too," he says proudly.
A few blocks away, a local biryani owner's business is flourishing. Mukhtar Ahmed may not be a Shia himself, but his family has lived for generations in the area of Bhaati Gate, and he has now inevitably